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" I think if I'd never had found pro wrestling, I'd be a blue collar guy, working a 9-to-5 job. "

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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" When I see things through my eyes, I don't want to ever just be really negative towards someone's performance. There are many ways to skin a cat. Sometimes I watch the guys, and they're doing different things than I would have done, but I don't ever want to be too critical. "

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" I love the business of pro wrestling, and it is something I know better than anything else I know about. "

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" I'm telling you, there have been some great finishers in the world of pro wrestling or sports entertainment. Whatever you want to call it. Man, I enjoyed the Iron Claw back in the day. I believed it was real. "

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" I found out in pro wrestling that it works better if you just try and be yourself versus working on something you're not, so I'm me, and maybe it's magnified a bit, but it's easier just being me. "

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" A great gimmick is a great gimmick, but on a dud, it just doesn't work. It comes down to talent. "

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" I got pile drived in '96 or '97 and was a quadriplegic for about a minute and a half. I couldn't move anything. It was in the Meadowlands at a pay per view with a million or two people watching, and I couldn't move. That cost me a surgery, but I healed pretty quickly, so that was probably my worst day at the office. "

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